Piper PA-32R-300 N5716F
21 June 1997 · Defiance, Ohio, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 21 June 1997 at about 00:50 local time, a Piper PA-32R-300 registered N5716F was involved in an accident near Defiance, Ohio, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 00:50
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Defiance, Ohio, United States
- Nearest airport
- Defiance Memorial (DFI)
- Coordinates
- 41.2794, -84.3606
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-32R-300
- Registration
- N5716F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Unknown → Cleveland
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- IAD97LA092
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Probable cause
The failure of a wheel rim due to overstress separation with no clear evidence initiating event.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
At 65 knots, the pilot rotated the airplane and simultaneously heard a loud bang and felt a severe left pull. The pilot applied right rudder and brake to stop the left drift; however, the airplane departed the runway, continued across a grassy area, then across an asphalt taxi way, and came to a stop in an upright attitude. A 100 hour inspection had been completed just prior to the flight, and an examination of the left main wheel found a 6 inch section of the inner wheel rim missing. A 2 inch piece of the inner wheel was found about 565 feet from the approach end of the runway. Microscopic examination revealed 'no clear evidence of fatigue...and the fracture appears to have failed by overstress separation.'
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Piper PA-32R accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Apr 1997 | Piper PA-32R-300 | Augusta, Georgia, United States | Edwin A. Deas | No injuries | - |
| 14 Apr 1997 | Piper PA-32R-300 | Lumberton, New Jersey, United States | Thomas W. Papperman | No injuries | - |
| 17 Aug 1997 | Piper PA-32R-301 | Jefferson City, Missouri, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 31 Oct 1997 | Piper PA-32R-300 | Santa Rosa, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 2 Jul 1997 | Piper PA-32R-301 | St. Paul, Minnesota, United States | - | Fatal | 3 |
| 17 Sep 1997 | Piper PA-32R-300 | Fargo, North Dakota, United States | - | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Feb 1997 | Piper J3C-65 | Cincinnati, Ohio, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 23 Mar 1997 | Piper PA-24-250 | Bowling Green, Ohio, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 22 Mar 1997 | Cessna 172 | Middletown, Ohio, United States | Barbara F. Schmidt | No injuries | - |
| 4 May 1997 | Marsh-Turner BG-12A | Marion, Ohio, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 30 Apr 1997 | Cessna 177 | Lancaster, Ohio, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 7 May 1997 | Pitts S1C | Salem, Ohio, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |